A.C. Thompson

A.C. Thompson is an award-­winning journalist on the staff of ProPublica

Jury Convicts Three, Acquits Two in Post-Katrina Police Shooting Jury Convicts Three, Acquits Two in Post-Katrina Police Shooting

A federal jury found three New Orleans police officers guilty in the shooting, burning and cover-up of the death of Henry Glover. Two officers were acquitted.

Dec 10, 2010 / A.C. Thompson

New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes

Television news reports are casting new light on the violence that flourished in New Orleans in the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Jul 11, 2009 / Feature / A.C. Thompson

NOPD Responds to Nation Investigation NOPD Responds to Nation Investigation

After a report in The Nation revealed how white residents of New Orleans shot at African-American men in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the city's police will launch an invest...

Dec 26, 2008 / Feature / A.C. Thompson

Conyers Responds to Vigilante Revelations Conyers Responds to Vigilante Revelations

Rep. John Conyers expressed concern and a California activist group called for investigations of vigilante violence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Dec 18, 2008 / Feature / A.C. Thompson

Body of Evidence Body of Evidence

Did New Orleans police play a role in the grisly death of Henry Glover?

Dec 17, 2008 / Feature / A.C. Thompson

Katrina’s Hidden Race War Katrina’s Hidden Race War

White vigilante justice tore through New Orleans after the storm. But no official investigation has shed light on the violence.

Dec 17, 2008 / Feature / A.C. Thompson

Don’t Bet on Offsets Don’t Bet on Offsets

Erasing your "carbon footprint" is tougher than it seems.

Apr 19, 2007 / Feature / A.C. Thompson and Duane Moles

War Without End War Without End

Allied 'surgical strikes' in Kosovo in 1999 created environmental hotspots yet to cleaned up; the same might happen in Afghanistan.

Dec 2, 2001 / Feature / A.C. Thompson

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